{"id":29789,"date":"2020-10-08T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T08:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29789"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:56:29","slug":"bitfinex-hacked-bitcoins-move-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitfinex-hacked-bitcoins-move-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex-hacked bitcoins move again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers again moved bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 to unknown addresses. Whale Alert noted nine transactions totaling more than $30 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0 455.11 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (4,851,402 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet<\/p>\n<p>Tx: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/36idCab29y\">https:\/\/t.co\/36idCab29y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1313862916102410246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The transfers were valued at between 389.94 BTC ($4.1 million) and 485.11 BTC ($4.8 million). Against this backdrop, two transactions were relatively modest \u2014 1.166206 BTC ($12,387) and 8.27394 BTC ($87,181).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0 1.166206 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (12,387 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet<\/p>\n<p>Tx: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IIz2UZadRR\">https:\/\/t.co\/IIz2UZadRR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1313862342845886465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0 8.27394 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BTC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BTC<\/a> (87,181 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet<\/p>\n<p>Tx: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l0QIbalA6k\">https:\/\/t.co\/l0QIbalA6k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whale Alert (@whale_alert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whale_alert\/status\/1314084131484164096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bitfinex exchange hack occurred on 2 August 2016. In total, the attackers stole 119,756 BTC ($71.8 million at the then-current rate).<\/p>\n<p>In May, Whale Alert logged the first movement of stolen funds in 2020. The attackers sent 30.667192 BTC to anonymous addresses.<\/p>\n<p>In August, to unknown wallets, via separate transactions <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hackers-again-move-bitcoins-stolen-from-bitfinex\">were sent<\/a> 4571 BTC and 473.3183 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hackers again moved bitcoins stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 to unknown addresses. 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